Teacher Lead

Overview

Position Title: Head Start Teacher

Employee Type: Full-Time Regular

Supervisor Title: Center Director or Manager, Education & Inclusion

Division: Head Start, U.S. Programs

Save the Children is a global humanitarian organization dedicated to helping children reach their full potential. For over 100 years, Save the Children has fought for the rights of children: the right to a healthy start in life, access to education, and a safe environment protected from harm. We work in some of the world’s hardest-to-reach places – over 100 countries, including the United States. When you join Save the Children, you’re helping create positive, irreversible change for children and the future we share.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement individualized and group lesson plans as well as educational activities that promote all developmental areas to improve the readiness of children for school.
• Ensure there is a safe, healthy, and developmentally appropriate learning environment.
• Build effective relationships within the organization, the children, and their families.
• Maintain accurate records, both on paper and in designated online systems.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding children and families.
• Plan, conduct and document observations, assessments, and screenings. Maintain a comprehensive and ongoing portfolio assessment for each child including weekly observations, examples of the child’s work, and developmental assessments.
• Keep manager informed of important issues.
• Work with the Assistant Teacher, Program Aides and Volunteers to develop their skills and abilities in planning and carrying out classroom activities.
• Engage with children during all activities throughout the day. Provide constant supervision of children during all learning activities indoors and outdoors and ensure a safe environment.
• Use the playground as an extension of the classroom; ensure the playground is safe.
• Provide a balanced program of child-initiated and teacher-directed activities and opportunities for individual, small group, and large group learning activities.
• Eat with and assist children in eating during mealtime to teach social and self-help skills and sound nutritional practices.
• Ensure that the physical needs of children are met, assisting children in health and personal habits, such as resting, brushing teeth, diapering, and toilet habits.
• Create ways to engage parents in the education of their children, including encouraging classroom involvement and home activities.
• Create an inventory of all classroom equipment and supplies annually.
• Plan and conduct conferences (minimum 2) and home visits (minimum 2) or more often as needed to ensure parent/caregiver is well informed on their child’s progress in development and learning, routines, activities and behavior.
• Work in cooperation with Manager of Education & Inclusion to develop and document progress on professional development plans; actively engage in professional development activities to increase qualifications.
• Work closely with management to ensure program compliments the Head Start Program Performance Standards.
• This position must have the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner and protect the children’s safety by implementing active supervision techniques to ensure no child is left alone or unsupervised at any time.
• Ensure the mobilization and documentation of matching-in-kind activities, goods and services.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor degree in child development, early childhood education or a related degree with early childhood equivalent coursework equivalent to a major relating to early childhood education, with experience teaching preschool-age children.
• Demonstrated ability to successfully communicate and collaborate with individuals and teams at all levels—whether internal or external—in the provision of high-quality services to children and families.
• Demonstrated successful interpersonal, communication and organizational skills; great problem solving and time management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to follow established and communicated directions and take initiative.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the purpose of the Head Start/Early Head Start program.
• Proven ability to relate sensitively to children.
• Proven ability to keep all required information strictly confidential.
• Must participate in professional development training including basic first aid and pediatric CPR certification as required by state licensing and HSPPS.
• Professional proficiency in spoken and written English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual preferred (English/Spanish or English and other languages used by children and families).
• If in North Carolina, holding a Birth-Kindergarten (B-K) Licensure preferred.

Additional Qualifications

• Physical Requirements related to essential functions: Ability to perform medium to heavy physical work exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds frequently and up to 5-10 pounds constantly, performing such activities as sitting, crawling, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting and grasping. This also includes some duties that require repetitive action and motion skills, keyboarding, and computer use.
• Clear pre-employment background check requirements, including local, state, and national criminal records check, sex offender registries, employment, and education verifications (including child abuse registry check if required by state regulations) and pass all state and local health requirements required post job offer and prior to employment.
• This position will require the incumbent to operate a motor vehicle to fulfill certain essential functions of the job. The incumbent should maintain a valid driver’s license and remain in compliance with any Save the Children policies pertaining to the safe operation of motor vehicles.
• Current and former Head Start/Early Head Start parents will receive preference for employment vacancies for which they are qualified.

Disability Accommodations

If you require disability assistance with the application or recruitment process, please submit a request to applicantsupport@savechildren.org.

Job details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Education and Training
• Industries: Hospitals and Health Care, Education, and Non-profit Organizations

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